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Item 12190
The Little White Church, Bailey Island, 1938
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1938-08-25 Location: Harpswell Media: Photograph, print
Item 16359
Little Lemons Baseball Sign, Lisbon Falls, ca. 1950
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Painted wood
Item 93218
James H. Hamlen Estate property, Little Chebeague Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: James H. Hamlen Estate Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 85384
Little property, Sunset Avenue, Great Diamond Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Mabel W. Little Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 151209
Mosswood residence, Little Cranberry Island, 2013
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 2013 Location: Little Cranberry Island Clients: Morris Zukerman,; Morris Karen Architect: G. F. Johnston & Associates
Item 151815
Lengel residence, Little Deer Isle, 1996-2000
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1996–2000 Location: Deer Isle Client: Elliot Lengel Architect: Patrick Chasse; Landscape Design Associates
Exhibit
Navy Firefighting School, Little Chebeague Island
Little Chebeague Island in Casco Bay was home to recreational facilities and a firefighting school for WWII sailors. The school was part of a Navy effort to have non-firefighting personnel knowledgeable in dealing with shipboard fires.
Exhibit
Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion
During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890
""A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John Martin…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"1920-1930 Helen Little Hamm's drop waist dress, Kittery, ca. 1926Maine Historical Society Clothing of the early 1920s is characteristically…"
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
Story
A Splash of Water
by Marilyn Weymouth Seguin
Reminisce of a lifetime on Little Sebago Lake
Lesson Plan
Longfellow Studies: "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Content Area: English Language Arts, Social Studies
Longfellow's poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport" opens up the issue of the earliest history of the Jews in America, and the significant roles they played as businessmen and later benefactors to the greater community. The history of the building itself is notable in terms of early American architecture, its having been designed, apparently gratis, by the most noted architect of the day. Furthermore, the poem traces the history of Newport as kind of a microcosm of New England commercial cities before the industrialization boom. For almost any age student the poem could be used to open up interest in local cemeteries, which are almost always a wealth of curiousities and history. Longfellow and his friends enjoyed exploring cemeteries, and today our little local cemeteries can be used to teach little local histories and parts of the big picture as well.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow visited the Jewish cemetery in Newport, RI on July 9, 1852. His popular poem about the site, published two years later, was certainly a sympathetic portrayal of the place and its people. In addition to Victorian romantic musings about the "Hebrews in their graves," Longfellow includes in this poem references to the historic persecution of the Jews, as well as very specific references to their religious practices.
Since the cemetery and the nearby synagogue were restored and protected with an infusion of funding just a couple years after Longfellow's visit, and later a congregation again assembled, his gloomy predictions about the place proved false (never mind the conclusion of the poem, "And the dead nations never rise again!"). Nevertheless, it is a fascinating poem, and an interesting window into the history of the nation's oldest extant synagogue.